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System and method for automatically downloading software applications to a remote terminal

  • US 20030143988A1
  • Filed: 01/19/2002
  • Published: 07/31/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a communication system, a method for automatically downloading applications to a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:

  • a) providing an adaptable terminal having a location module and a download module, b) determining the geographic location of said terminal using a spatial location application in communication with said location module, c) selecting a geographic location for downloading an application to said terminal d) querying said terminal for available modes and applications, e) querying the download servers in the selected geographic location for available applications, and neighboring locations for matching modes to determine whether said download servers support the mobile terminal available modes, f) selecting a mode component for the mobile terminal from a service provider based on the query that matches attributes of the mobile query, g) downloading the selected mode component to the mobile terminal from a selected service provider, h) registering the mode component with the service provider to enable use of the download component in the mobile terminal, i) reconfiguring the mode personality of the mobile terminal based on the downloaded components.

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